FILE – In this Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., speaks on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Duckworth has given birth to a baby girl, making her the first U.S. senator to give birth while in office. The Illinois Democrat announced she delivered her second daughter, Maile Pearl Bowlsbey, on Monday, April 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

CHICAGO (AP) — Sen. Tammy Duckworth has given birth to a baby girl, making her the first U.S. senator to give birth while in office.

The Illinois Democrat announced she delivered her second daughter, Maile (MY-lee) Pearl Bowlsbey, on Monday. Her office says Duckworth is recovering well and asked for privacy.

Duckworth, a 50-year-old veteran who lost her legs in the Iraq War, is one of only 10 lawmakers who have given birth while in Congress. Her first daughter, Abigail, was born in 2014.

Duckworth says Maile’s middle name is in honor of Duckworth’s husband’s great aunt, Pearl Bowlsbey Johnson, who was an Army officer and nurse in World War II.

She says she’s grateful to friends and family and “our wonderful medical teams for everything they’ve done to help us in our decades-long journey to complete our family.”

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This story has been corrected to say that Duckworth’s daughter’s middle name comes from her husband’s great aunt, not her first name.

Shannon Haines had big plans. She was going to medical school to become a doctor.

But when she got pregnant at 16, she thought that those plans would have to be put on hold permanently.

It turns out that May 5 will be a big day. It’s the day Haines will graduate from the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Shannon never gave up her dream. When her daughter Kaylee was only one year old, Haines graduated from Futures High School in Kirkland, Washington. She attended Craven Community College, majoring in liberal arts, then got a biotechnology degree from University of Nebraska Omaha in 2013.

While Haines did marry the father of her child, they divorced when she was 22.

It’s only the beginning for Shannon Haines. On July 1, she’ll begin her residency through UNMC Pediatrics Residency Program.

Okay this is really cool! You know how you like to keep your kids baby clothes for sentimental reasons but you never know what to do with them? You struggle to find a place to store them so you still have access to them but they inevitably end up in a box in the garage which completely defeats the purpose of saving them in the first place.

Good news has arrived. Thanks to artists and crafty moms, people are now turning old baby clothes into teddy bears called Memory Bears and they are a huge hit! If your not a fan of bears or your child likes a different kind of animal, it doesn’t have to be a bear…you can try any animal you like!

Well at least that’s what this study says. The study found that even though an infant may be living with his or her single mother, they tend to be healthier after one year if the infant closely resembles their father. This may be attributed to a youngster who closely resembles his or her dad is more likely to spend time with him.

If looks could heal: Child health and paternal investment is the name of the research and was published in the Journal of Health Economics. It looked at 715 mothers and fathers who did not live together. These single parents were interviewed just after birth and then again just less than a year later. One of the authors of the study, Solomon Polachek, a professor at New York’s Binghamton University stated that “Fathers are important in raising a child, and it manifests itself in the health of the child.”

It was also noted that fathers who looked a lot like their babies spent an average of 2.5 more days per month with them rather than those fathers who didn’t resemble their offspring.